Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

getting someone's goat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting -some-one's -goat
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get someone's goat

Questions

What does getting someone's goat mean?
present participle and gerund of get someone's goat

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